Bather&#39;s bag or purse



Feb. 3, 1925. 1,525,333

A. S. SPEIRS BATHERS BAG OR PURSE Filed Jan. 26, 1923 Patented Feb. 3,1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT S. SPEIRS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;

BATHERS BAG OR PURSE.

Application filed January 26, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. SPEIRs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Bathers Bag or Purse, of which thefollowing is a speclfication.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted tobe used for holding valuables, toilet articles, chewing tobacco, or anyother small thing which a bather may wish to use in the water, thestructure comprising a bag or sack, novel means being provided forclosing the mouth of the sack hermetically, and novel means beingsupplied for suspending the sack from the bathing apparel of the wearer.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a section similar to Figure 2 butshowing a modification; Figure 1 is a fragmental elevation showing amodification in the clamp.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a clamp, denotedgenerally by the numeral 1 and ordinarily made of metal, the clamp beingresilient and including arms 2 and 3 connected by a resilient bend 4,the arm 2 having a hook-shaped keeper, beneath which the end 6 of thearm 3 may be inserted by a transverse movement, owing to the re siliencyof the clamp, the arm 3 being bent outwardly to form aloop-shaped fingerpiece 7, located adjacent to the end 6 and constituting means wherebythe arm 3 may be manipulated to engage the end 6 with the keeper 5 andto disengage the end 5 therefrom.

Serial No. 615,064.

A suspension means is supplied, whereby the clamp may be held on thegarment of a bather, and the suspension means may be in the form of asafety pin including an inner bar 9 carrying a guard 10, and a prong 11adapted to be engaged with the guard, fingers 8 being struck from thearm 2, and the fingers being engaged about the inner bar 9 of the safetypin to hold the safety pin 011 the arm 2. The bar 9 of the safety pingenerally is permitted to turn in the fingers 8, so that the safety pinwill lie practi cally parallel to the garment of the bather and take upbut little room.

The device includes a bag 12, ordinarily made of rubber or some otherlight waterproof material, the bag being tapered at 14 toward its mouth15, the mouth 15 of the bag being gripped between the arms 2 and 3 ofthe clamp, and being held closed hermetically.

It will be obvious that the device is so constituted that the bag may beheld on a bathing garment and be closed against the entrance of water,it being possible for the bather to carry with him any small articleswhich he may require.

The suspension means may be of any de sired sort. In Figure 3, partshereinbefore described have been designed by numerals previously used,with the suffix a. In Figure 3 a longitudinal slot 16 is formed in thearm 2 and the material set free in the formation of the slot is formedinto a tapered resilient prong 17 adapted to engage with a guard 18 onthe arm 2.

In Figure 4, wherein another modification is disclosed the arms 19 areconnected by a hinge 20, in place of the resilient bend 4.

What is claimed is 1. A device adapted to be attached to the garments ofa bather, and comprising a clamp including inner and outer armsdetachably interengaged at their ends, a bag of such size as to serve asa purse and of such size as to afford no inconvenience to a swimmer, themouth of the bag being gripped between the arms of the clamp, and meanson the exposed surface of the inner arm for attaching the clamp and thebag to a bathing garment, one of the arms of the clamp being broadenough to conceal said means from view.

2. A device of the class described, construeted as set forth in claim 1,and further characterized by the fact that said means is a safety pincomprising a bar and a prong detachably engaged With the bar, the innerarm of the clamp being provided with spaced members wherein the innerbar of the pin is received.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of twowvitnesses:

ALBERT S. SPEIRS.

WVitnesses ELLA B. BLOM. DANIEL HERRERA.

